Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century (1903)
Hilprecht, H. V. (Hermann Vollrat), 1859-1925, Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935, Hommel, Fritz, 1854-1936, Jensen, P. (Peter), 1861-1936, Steindorff, Georg, 1861-1951 · Philadelphia : A. J. Holman · leaf 732
surprised by some new discovery. Themonuments and texts which are brought to light are natu-rally of the utmost importance for the studv of the historyand civilization of Egypt. By means of them we are ena-bled to follow the past life of the country almost withoutinterruption into the fourth… … Great Pyramid of Cheops at Gize 626 EXPLORATIONS IN BIBLE LANDS and art, religion and science, and even the administrationof the country. There is hardly a branch of daily life inwhich we are not instructed by the monuments. But not only has the science of Egyptology gained bythe discoveries made…
